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DETROIT RIVER
(BAR POINT SHOAL) LIGHT
Location: LAKE ERIE S. OF DETROIT RIVER ENTRANCE
Nearest City: SOUTH ROCKWOOD
County: WAYNE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1875
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1885
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1979
- Foundation Materials: WOOD/CEMENT CRIB; GRANITE
PIER
- Construction Materials: CAST IRON PLATE/BRICK
LINING
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE WITH BLACK UPPER
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 49
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 55
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1885
- Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME/IRON
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1885
- Number of Stories:
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL SPARK PLUG
- Construction Materials:
Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING, RADIOBEACON
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #83000886
Name of Listing: DETROIT RIVER LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES
TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
LIGHTSHIP STATION ESTABLISHED ON SHOAL 1875; LIGHT PLAYED AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHIPPING & TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN LAKE HURON
& LAKE ERIE
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